For those of you who don’t know, Wednesday is National Women’s Equality Day, and The Women’s Museum is holding its annual Equality Day Luncheon to celebrate! As the summer intern for the Events Department here at The Women’s Museum, one of my projects has been organizing the Equality Day Luncheon. Planning an event is like piecing together many little facets—like catering and decorating and programming—so that everything fits together just right. I’ve learned a lot about how to keep track of seemingly small details while not losing sight of the big picture in the process. I’ve also learned a thing or two about Equality Day.

Since 1971, people around the country have been celebrating women’s advancements and achievements on August 26^th. If that date sounds familiar to you, it could be because it marks the anniversary of the Nineteenth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, the amendment that made it legal for women to vote in 1920. Though we still have a lot of work to do in the U.S. in our struggle for equality, women have certainly come a long way since 1920! We have greater autonomy and fewer restrictions than ever before, and we’re still continuing to break new ground.

With our social advancement has come greater social responsibility, and more and more of us are reaching out to help other women in the effort to achieve equality around the world, an effort that I believe is the new frontier for the Women’s Equality Movement. Reaching out can be as complex as founding a multinational women’s organization or as simple as say…sending in your RSVP for our luncheon! The speaker and art exhibit Jailed for Freedom are sure to provide plenty of fodder for thought-provoking discussions about how far women have come and in what direction we will choose to go next. There will also be an exciting Subaru raffle. I can’t think of a better way to celebrate Equality Day!

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